“It plays different on the TV than when you’re on the stage, clearly I had a bad night,” Barack expressed to Jay. “The whole point of debates is to make sure the American people understand the stakes.”

He also zinged business man Donald Trump during the interview. “This all dates back to when we were growing up together in Kenya,” Barack joked. “We had constant run-ins on the soccer field. He wasn’t very good and resented it. When we finally moved to America, I thought it would be over.”